Exercising apparatus.



J. CHANAUD EXERCISING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 1ULY 23, 1911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

ATTORNEY UNITED :TuFalZ whom it may concernnxnnoisme .errnne'rns.

Be. it known that I, JEAN YGHANAUD, a

and useful Improvementsin Exercising Apparatus, of which the following is a specifi- 5 cation.

, This invention, relates to exercising apparatus for developing the muscles of the human body.

' The main object of the invention is to so construct anapparatus'of this character to provide'for the rotation of the upper part of the body of'the user while the, arms are in outstretched position and with the same strain exerted upon eachflarm.,

Another object is to 'soconstriict an ap-' i rparatusiof this character as to allow movements of great amplitude and yet use only I :anordinarycoiled' spring.

PAn'oth'er object ls'to so construct an apparatus of-thischaracter in which the will be prevented from becoming entangled when. not in use.

Still another'objectof the invention is to provide apparatus of this character, theparts :oftwhi ch are designed-to be mounted on i support's arranged at diametrically oppo site points to permit :the device to belem ploy'ed for'exercis'es which could not otherwise. be} accomplished;

' iththe foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceedsgtheinvention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed'niay be made within the scope et what is claimed with- .out departing from the spirit of the inventlon.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lower end of...the cord or cable showing a slightly dif ferent form of connection for the hand grip, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 looking downward.

Fig. a is a detail of the limiting member for the cable.

In. the embodiment illustrated, this im.--

cables proved apparatus constituting the. two ni'e1nbers A and B is shown mounted uponthe opposite walls W of a room, although 'ob- 'viously it may be mounted upon any other suitablesupports provided they are disposed directly opposite and are adapted to resist strains to which the" apparatus may be sub jected. Y

These'members A and'B are exactly alike and hence one only will bedescribed de tail. Supporting. hooks 1 and 2 are shown mounted in verticallyspaced relation on one wall W, the hook2 beingdispos'ed nearlthe floor with its beak turned downward while the hook 1 is spaced somedistance above hook 2 with its beak turned. upward; A coiled spring 3 ofheavy wire andof ample strength to, resistthe strains to" which it may be subjected is shown connected at one end withfthe beak of hook Zwhileth'e'other end thereof is engaged with'a' hookj lj'of a tackle 5 which carries a pulley (Sltherein and has an eye 7 disposed opposite the hook i: and which is 'designed'to-receivea hook Sfcarried by one end of'ajcord' oijcable 14;" Another tackle 10 suppo fedp i 'thelhook 1 being engaged therewith byineans offan-leye and carries at its; lower end asmall pnlley 12 with a larger pulley;13 ."rotatably mounted therein above the enema andbe tween it and theeyeII. I k

A fiexble' cord or cable '14 'whichfmay be of any suitable er desired and which with a hand grip 15 constructedpreferably as shown in Fig.2 andhaving a roller 1 6. to permitthe device to slip within the hand of theexercise'r without injuring" it. 'The member B of theapparatus which ismounted at a point directly oppositemeinber 'A is, as is shown clearly in Fig. 1 of exactly the same construction, it being obvious that one of the hand grips 15 is designed to be grasped with one hand of the user and the other hand grip with the other hand of the user so that when a pull is exerted by the user On these two grips with the arms in out-stretched position, the same strain will be exerted on both arms owing to the fact that the coiled springs 3 are of uniform strength, thus the userwill be permitted to perform a number of exercises which would STATES PATENT on JEAN CHANAUD, or new YORK, N. Y.

not be possible if the apparatus were constructed as ordinarily and mounted on. one wall only of a support.

The hand grips 15 are preferably detachably connected with the free ends of the cables 14: by means of hooks as 17 carried by one end of a heavy wire which is coiled tightly around the end of the cable 14 as is shown clearly in Fig. 3 and by means of which said hook is securely attached to the cable. The end of the hook 17 in Fig. 3 is shown flared outwardly to form a stop to prevent the passage of the cable through pulley 13 if it should be released with the hand grip removed, it being understood that the tension of spring 3 would operate to draw this cable end downward.

In Fig. 4;. the hook 17 is shown of slightly different form, the end thereof being shown in alincinent with the cable and the stop is formed by winding the opposite end of the wire 18 around the cable 14 and forming a substantially U-shaped loop 19 as is shown clearly in Fig. 5. This loop 19 which pro jeets laterally or radially from the cable let will operate to prevent the passage of the cable end through pulley 13 should it be released with the hand grip removed. The cable 14'. projects into hook 17 and is rounded, as at 14: as to close the hook thus preventing accidental removal of the handle or grip 15.

A limiting or stop member 20, shown more clearly in Fig. 6, is secured about cable 14: adjacent pulley 13. This member is in the shape of a loop formed from a piece of spring wire and bent in upon itself to form a spring clip 21 which is adapted to grip firmly cable 14. Member 20 is of such size as not to pass between the top bar of the frame supporting pulleys 12 and 13, and pulley 13. This limiting member may be quickly and easily adjusted on. cable 14 so as to maintain the cable under tension when gri 15 is released.

y constructing and mounting the cable M in the manner above described and as shown by Figs. 1 and 2, when the hand grips 15 are released by the user, the coiled springs 13 will draw them upward and hold the cable under tension thereby preventing all possibility of the stretches thereof becoming entangled.

If desired, the two members A and B may be mounted adjacent each other on the same wall and connected so as to produce a single apparatus, as in Fig. 8 of the drawings. For this purpose, I provide the device shown in Fig. 7. This device is in the form of a double hook having the diverging arms 22 and 23 united by a loop 24: adapted to receive a securing hook 25, the upper ends of these arms being maintained in proper spaced relation by a brace rod 26 secured thereto. Arm 22 is provided at its upper end with a spiralv loop 27, arm 23 being provided with a similar loop 28. The loops 27 and 28 are adapted to receive the eyes or rings of springs 3 of the members A and B which are mounted adjacent each other and thus operatively connected to form a single apparatus.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be read.- ily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and. while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

I claim:

In an exercising apparatus including a block and cable, means for limiting movement of the cable through the block, including a single strand of wire having one terminal coiled about the cable to form closely spaced convolutions and a single larger con volution spaced from the cable to form a stop, the other terminal being formed into a hook for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEAN CHAN AUD. Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. FOWLER. FRANK J. RINALDI.

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